Category: TortureBy dcmediagirl on Mar 20, 2008 in Media, Torture | 12 Comments
It is an unfortunate fact of life that politicians are necessary to have democracy. The alternative is a Ruler For Life, a Dear Leader, a thuggish junta or a combination of the above, where rule of law is synonymous with brute strength. If you don’t believe me, put up a map of the […]
By SusanUnPC on Mar 8, 2008 in Barack Obama, Flag officers, Hillary Clinton, Seymour Hersh, Taguba, Torture | 47 Comments
Words, just words: “We need a Commander in Chief who has never wavered on whether or not it is acceptable for America to torture, because it is never acceptable. While I have consistently opposed torture, in the course of this primary campaign Hillary Clinton has flip-flopped from her past position of tolerating torture. I believe […]
By SusanUnPC on Mar 8, 2008 in Hillary Clinton, Homeland Security, Intelligence, John McCain, Larry Johnson, Taguba, Torture | 21 Comments
(Thank you, C.S., for the fast video work!)
Earlier: Larry Johnson will be on ABC World News tonight to discuss Bush’s veto today of the legislation that bans waterboarding. Tune in, or check for video here.
UDPATE, via MakeThemAccountable.com, from ThinkProgress “MSNBC Host Falsely Claims McCain Opposes Bush On Torture Bill Veto“:
On MSNBC this morning, anchor […]
By Ray McGovern on Feb 6, 2008 in Bush/Cheney, CIA, Current Affairs, Gonzales, Hillary Clinton, Intelligence, Iraq, Media, Torture, counterterrorism | 33 Comments
February 6, 2008
Powell’s UN Fiasco: Fresh and Festering
By Ray McGovern
Yesterday was a difficult day for Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. It was hard to celebrate the fifth anniversary of our first corporate memorandum, a same-day critique of Colin Powell’s Feb. 5, 2002 UN address, when we could not escape the reality that this speech greased […]
By Ray McGovern on Feb 2, 2008 in Bush/Cheney, DoD, Guantanamo, Health Care, Iraq, Soldiers/Veterans, Torture | 35 Comments
“For the oppressors, what is worthwhile is to have more—always more—even at the cost of the oppressed having less or having nothing. For them, to be is to have and to be the class of the ‘haves.’”
Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Finally, the truth is seeping out. Contrary to how President George W. […]
By Frank Naif on Jan 28, 2008 in Bush/Cheney, Current Affairs, Frank Naif, Nat'l Security Drone, Torture, counterterrorism | 7 Comments
By Ray McGovern on Dec 13, 2007 in Bush/Cheney, Torture, counterterrorism | 51 Comments
A boyish, inquisitive face with an innocent look peered out from the Washington Post’s lead story on torture. It was well groomed, pink-shirted John Kiriakou, a CIA interrogator who could just as easily pass for the local youth minister. …
By SusanUnPC on Nov 17, 2007 in Torture, Valerie Plame Wilson | 7 Comments
George Kenney has some strong opinions on torture — and the dirth of discussion in the MSM:
[I]t seems to me that it’s newsworthy when a person in that position [Manfred Nowak, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture] says (1) waterboarding is unequivocally torture and (2) that U.S. officials must be held to account by […]
By SusanUnPC on Nov 8, 2007 in Torture | 34 Comments
EVENING UPDATE: Thanks to PBS Newshour, we get a clip of SR. CPO. MALCOLM NANCE (Ret.), the Navy SEAL who taught POW interrogation methods, testifying today before a House committee. AND PBS Newshour interviews Malcolm Nance! WTG, PBS! (That link takes you to both the video/audio and the full transcript.) […]
By Larry Johnson on Nov 5, 2007 in Attorney General, Intelligence, Torture | 165 Comments
PREFACE:
A group of distinguished intelligence and military officers, diplomats, and law enforcement professionals delivered an urgent message this morning to the chairman and the ranking minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, calling on them to hold the nomination of Judge Michael Mukasey until he takes a clear position on the legality of waterboarding.
Their message […]
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